Hurricane Beryl approaches Caribbean with dangerous winds and storm surges

Hurricane Beryl was closing in on the southeastern Caribbean , and government officials late Sunday pleaded with people to take shelter from the dangerous Category 3 storm.

Beryl was expected to pass just south of Barbados early Monday and then head into the Caribbean Sea as a major hurricane on a path toward Jamaica. It was forecast to weaken by midweek, but still remain a hurricane while heading toward Mexico.east of the Lesser Antilles on record for June, according to Philip Klotzbach, Colorado State University hurricane researcher.

Hurricane Ivan in 2004 was the last strong hurricane to hit the southeastern Caribbean, causing catastrophic damage in Grenada as a Category 3 storm.Reecia Marshall, who lives in Grenada, was working a Sunday shift at a local hotel, preparing guests and urging them to stay away from windows as she stored enough food and water for everyone."I know it's part of nature. I'm OK with it," she said. "We just have to live with it.

Beryl marks the farthest east that a hurricane has formed in the tropical Atlantic in June, breaking a record set in 1933, according to Klotzbach. Mottley said all businesses should close by Sunday evening and warned that the airport would close by nighttime.

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